concomitance
Americannoun
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the quality or relation of being concomitant.
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Roman Catholic Church. the coexistence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharistic bread.
noun
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existence or occurrence together or in connection with another
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a thing that exists in connection with another
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Christian theol the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist
Etymology
Origin of concomitance
From the Medieval Latin word concomitantia, dating back to 1525–35. See concomitant, -ance
Example Sentences
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Thus the evil, or the mixture of goods and evils wherein the evil prevails, happens only by concomitance, because it is connected with greater goods that are outside this mixture.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard
And mere frequency, much more constancy of concomitance, raises a presumption of causal connexion, and looking out for it is valuable as a mode of reconnoitring.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
First, concomitance is an accomplished fact, and we may consider it as an organic manifestation parallel to that of the mind.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron
God gives reason to the human race; misfortunes arise thence by concomitance.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard
In using the word "concomitance" I enter a protest against this.
From An Introduction to Philosophy by George Stuart Fullerton
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